[CQ-Contest] W2SC's ARRL DX LCR feedback

[Zack Widup]

KH2D has lived in Florida for a couple years now.  He just signs "KH2D".
I think he probably gets a few people upset with him when they find out
he's not in Guam, but it's legal.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, K4SB wrote:

> My question is whether it is legal to sign, for example, NH2K when
> located
> in the US.
> ------------------------------------
> This is a definite yes, and has been so for some years now. NO US
> licensed stations is required to sign / when operating anywhere in the
> US or any possessions.
> ================================
> Yes, the FCC does allow these calls to be assigned to the USA
> 
> No, the FCC will NOT allow a call such as NH2K to be assigned to a US
> address. You must get such a call while being physically present, as
> in this case, NH2. However, the FCC does allow vanity calls, and
> vanity calls only, to be requested without regard to location. In
> other words, a 1 could apply for a 6 vanity call, and if the so called
> "random" process chose him as the successfull applicant, he would
> receive the 6 call, regardless of his actual location.
> 
> 73
> Ed